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Glen Johnson
01-11-2012, 10:25 PM
I was browsing around the free ebook sites and found a few that might be of interest to this group.
Handwork in Wood
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20846
Woodwork Joints
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21531
Carpentry for Boys
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20763
Have others found good ebooks as well?
Jason Coen
01-11-2012, 10:51 PM
Grimshaw On Saws: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=0_IqelmQZCgC&dq=grimshaw on saws&as_brr=4&ei=S1MOT8XeAszUUfemoLkB&source=webstore_bookcard (http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=0_IqelmQZCgC&dq=grimshaw%20on%20saws&as_brr=4&ei=S1MOT8XeAszUUfemoLkB&source=webstore_bookcard)
Grimshaw - Saw filing and management: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=knSmAAAAIAAJ&dq=grimshaw on saws&as_brr=4&ei=S1MOT8XeAszUUfemoLkB&source=webstore_bookcard (http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=knSmAAAAIAAJ&dq=grimshaw%20on%20saws&as_brr=4&ei=S1MOT8XeAszUUfemoLkB&source=webstore_bookcard)
George Ellis - Modern Practical Joinery: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=GXZZAAAAQAAJ&dq=george ellis&lr&as_brr=4&ei=U1QOT56mGZLqzgSKtbE5&source=webstore_bookcard (http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=GXZZAAAAQAAJ&dq=george%20ellis&lr&as_brr=4&ei=U1QOT56mGZLqzgSKtbE5&source=webstore_bookcard)
Exercises In Woodworking : http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=UZgBAAAAYAAJ&dq="ivin sickels"&lr&as_brr=4&ei=wFUOT5bZMI7SzASH5dAZ&source=webstore_bookcard (http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=UZgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=)
Jason Coen
01-11-2012, 10:55 PM
Wallace Nutting books: http://books.google.com/ebooks?as_brr=4&q=inauthor:%22Wallace+Nutting%22&lr=
The steel square and its uses: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=3sYJAAAAIAAJ&dq=the%20steel%20square%20and%20its%20uses&lr&as_brr=4&ei=yFYOT_GtEqDGyQSFrfAp&source=webstore_bookcard
Mechanics' own book: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=N3ZYAAAAYAAJ&dq=mechanics%27%20own%20book&lr&as_brr=4&ei=kFgOT-TxJsSWUvzQuIAN&source=webstore_bookcard
Sloyd: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=hcoq5d074qsC&dq=the%20book%20of%20sloyd&lr&as_brr=4&ei=7lgOT_HMHoqVUuPG6McP&source=webstore_bookcard
Lots more on the Google ebookstore.
Jason Coen
01-11-2012, 10:57 PM
Mechanick exercises: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=t_IRCzjTf08C&dq=moxon&lr&as_brr=4&ei=MVkOT-iMFIXQUeT_pMYP&source=webstore_bookcard
Zahid Naqvi
01-11-2012, 11:03 PM
This thread is going in the FAQs. So add on
Jason Coen
01-11-2012, 11:17 PM
Nicholson - Mechanic's companion: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=1tE0Ob5EPegC&dq=Mechanic%27s%20companion&as_brr=5&ei=XVwOT-qtLZSyyQTf1Y0n&source=webstore_bookcard
Charles Holtzapffel books: http://books.google.com/ebooks?as_brr=4&q=inauthor:%22Charles+Holtzapffel%22
Our workshop: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=IKMJAAAAIAAJ&dq=our%20workshop&as_brr=4&ei=3FwOT9TIH4jIzgTt5Ig3&source=webstore_bookcard
Elements of construction: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=fCZIAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22the%20woodworker%22&as_brr=4&ei=Q10OT_PuMYSSzgTbkbUK&source=webstore_bookcard
Paul N. Hasluck books: http://books.google.com/ebooks?as_brr=4&q=inauthor:%22Paul+Nooncree+Hasluck%22
Jason Coen
01-11-2012, 11:19 PM
Numerous issues of The Woodworker are also available on Google, but you have to wade through some stuff to find the individual issues. Worth the effort.
Jessica Pierce-LaRose
01-12-2012, 8:53 AM
Toolemera's got a few things online - including one of Hayward's books online as a PDF - "How to make Woodwork Tools" - it's pretty neat.
http://toolemera.com/Books%20%26%20Booklets/booksplans.html
Jason Coen
01-12-2012, 1:56 PM
Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=05MsAAAAYAAJ&dq=duncan+phyfe&as_brr=5&ei=8CkPT5elKI3YzQS5upWACg
A Collection of English Furniture of the 17th and 18th Centuries: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=UFwVAAAAYAAJ&dq=duncan%20phyfe&as_brr=5&source=webstore_atb_similarbooks
Illustrated history of furniture: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=j8AgAAAAMAAJ
William Noyes - Handwork in wood: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=oTghAAAAMAAJ&dq=inauthor%3A%22William%20Noyes%22&as_brr=4&ei=HCwPT76QGZLUzgSti40v&source=webstore_bookcard
Jason Coen
01-12-2012, 1:59 PM
General links to "woodwork" searches on Google's ebookstore:
http://books.google.com/ebooks?as_brr=4&q=subject:%22Crafts+%26+Hobbies+Woodwork%22
http://books.google.com/ebooks?as_brr=4&q=subject:%22Woodwork%22&source=gbs_metadata_r
http://books.google.com/ebooks?as_brr=4&q=subject:%22House+%26+Home+/+Woodworking%22&source=gbs_metadata_r
Zahid Naqvi
01-12-2012, 3:03 PM
someone pointed me to a listing on wkfinetools, thought I'd add it to the list.
http://www.wkfinetools.com/mLibrary/mLibrary_index-1.asp
Jim Koepke
01-13-2012, 6:27 AM
Here is one:
http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks_library/woodworks_library.html
jtk
Brander Roullett
03-19-2012, 11:26 PM
Ran across this book: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=axktAAAAYAAJ
Practical Wood-Carving: A Book For The Student, Carver, Teacher, Designer, And Architect
Eleanor Rowe
Some really good information on carving, I haven't seen much of this in other books.
Badger
gounthar frankfurt
03-20-2012, 6:47 AM
Thanks Badger, but this link doesn't work for me.
Jeff Hamilton Jr.
03-20-2012, 7:32 AM
Thanks Badger, but this link doesn't work for me.
Pops right up for me on the iPad ...
Jack Curtis
03-20-2012, 8:52 AM
Some interesting stuff shows up at that google link. Unfortunately, they require you to sign in with a google email address, presumably so they can track it. Great, so my library can refuse to report the books I read, but now google's going to let all the advertisers know about them. I bet that probably most of you don't mind, so have at it; but for those who do, you now know.
James Owen
03-20-2012, 1:48 PM
Some interesting stuff shows up at that google link. Unfortunately, they require you to sign in with a google email address, presumably so they can track it. Great, so my library can refuse to report the books I read, but now google's going to let all the advertisers know about them. I bet that probably most of you don't mind, so have at it; but for those who do, you now know.
Here's a technique that you might find useful:
Like my cell phone number, I'm pretty particular about who I give my "real" email address to. I have set up a couple of anonymous emails that I use specifically for activities that are likely to generate large amounts of spam (such as the "free" Google e-books). If the junk gets to be overwhelming or too much of a pain in the neck, I simply delete that address and get a new one. It keeps my regular email address pretty much advertising and spam-free. (Earthlink, among others, offers free anonymous emails with a regular paid email account.)
Jack Curtis
03-20-2012, 10:23 PM
Thanks, James. I have both a google and earthlink emails, and neither of them is a source of spam, the odd spam now and then. Maybe I will set up another google email and use that. BTW, spam isn't the problem, it's the tracking that bothers me, a lot. I just don't want some huge American corporation routinely storing everything I do online. I've noticed it's already affected my online activity. I've started trying to minimalize all online activity. Can't even watch Youtube anonymously.
gounthar frankfurt
03-21-2012, 4:05 AM
Do I need to use Google +, or to be in the USA?
Caspar Hauser
03-21-2012, 6:02 AM
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21531 woodworking joints
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27238 woodworking tools 1600 - 1900
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15460 a course in wood turning
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12299 mechanical properties of wood
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20846 handwork in wood
Project Gutenberg is a great expanding resource for out of copyright books of all types, a more thorough search would doubtless find others of interest.
As regards tracking of internet activity Duck Duck Go doesn't keep any records of your activity, or so they say......
CH
Jack Curtis
03-21-2012, 6:57 AM
Yep, Project Gutenberg is a great resource, never thought of looking for woodworking books there. Thanks.
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